Cast of Wizard of Oz Photos by John Vecchioll by Eugene Paul There’s no need to ask if you’ve ever seen the 1939 movie of The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland singing “Over the Rainbow”, her voice filled with chills and wonder, longing and pathos, all of us melting in surrender before her. …
by Eugene Paul You could just tell: they smell it, they taste it, they’re so close…next stop, Broadway! Alexander Dodge’s smashing set is ready, David C. Woolard’s costumes are really Done, the hipped orchestra is ready, Carl Casella’s sound system already reaches all the way to Broadway. Daniel Goldfarb’s book has its lapses, yes,…
Cast of Pump Boys and Dinettes photos by Joan Marcus By: Eric Grunin So far this season, the Encores! Off-Broadway project has given us Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick…Boom! and Randy Newman’s Faust. For the final presentation of their second season we have Pump Boys and Dinettes, at once the least ambitious and most fulfilled of…
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo photos by Joan Marcus By: Eric Grunin Once upon a time in New York, a talented composer who wanted to use music to tell stories had a fair chance of making it happen. Once, because stable neighborhoods are healthy neighborhoods, rents were regulated to discourage speculators. Once, on the…
by Deirdre Donovan cast of Heathers photos by Chad Batka Popularity is the name of the game in Heathers: the Musical, which is still running strong following its opening on March 31st at New World Stages. The titular Heathers—Heather Chandler, Heather McNamara, and Heather Duke— are champion put-you-downers who are determined to remain on…
l to r: Michelle Moughan (as Jane Banks), Leo Ash Evens (as Bert), Brandon Singel (as Michael Banks) and Lauren Blackman (as Mary Poppins) Photos by John Vecchiolla By Edward Lieberman Mary Poppins hitched a ride on the East Wind to Elmsford last week, and promised to stay until the wind changed. Which is a…
By Eugene Paul Audra McDonald Photos by Evgenia Eliseeva Beg. Borrow. Steal. In a breathtaking leap, famed Audra McDonald has vaulted past anything she’s ever done to this pinnacle of performance art, her portrait of Billie Holiday, the mesmerizing, tragic figure who haunts us still with the beauty and wreckage of her life, and…